Are you interested in joining our team?

​​Our lab is always looking for bright, enthusiastic team members! The Guindre-Parker lab [gain-druh pahr-ker] aims to create a welcoming environment where we value people with diverse backgrounds and ideas.

As an advisor, I strive to make myself available to discuss research ideas and expectations, assist with professional development and networking, and help students work towards their career goals. If you are interested in our research and would like to join our team, please take some time to look over the lab's recent publications and current research projects. You can find more information below about the types of projects we currently have available for graduate and undergraduate students.

Graduate Students

Kennesaw State University offers an exciting MS degree in Integrative Biology (MSIB). I am interested in supervising graduate students who wish to conduct independent research leading to a thesis in areas related to my research interests. Applicants should have some prior research experience from their undergraduate degree, or from working after their degree. I am particularly keen to work with students who would like to study the evolution of behavioral and endocrine flexibility in our local European starling system, though I am open to discussing the possibility of supervising/co-supervising students who are interested in working in other study systems, or pursuing other research questions. In some cases it may be possible to design a thesis project that is exclusively lab-based, though I typically encourage MS students to perform a combination of field and lab-based data collection. Graduate students in my lab can expect to receive a salary funded through a combination of teaching and research assistantships and receive tuition remission.

We have diverse opportunities for undergraduate students who wish to get involved in our lab. Some potential tasks or projects might include:

Building nest boxes for our future starling colony

Checking starling nest boxes during breeding (coming soon)

Observing animal behavior at our local field site (coming soon)

Learning to process biological samples in the lab

Analyzing existing animal behavior or physiology datasets

Assisting with literature searches

Performing an independent research project

Directed Study or Directed Methods courses (BIOL 4400, BIOL 3110L)

​I encourage students to pursue their interests, grow as scientists, and prepare for their future career goals. In order to do so, it is most helpful if you approach me during office hours or via email, and tell me about the type of opportunity you are looking for, your motivation for wanting to join the lab, and an approximate weekly time commitment that is feasible given your schedule.